Selt, the governor of Solotu Province, was very interested in the changes in the neighboring Wotai Province. So, he took some people and quietly went to Wotai Province to see the changes there with his own eyes.
Although Selt disguised himself as a merchant, they had no goods, so the carriage moved quickly, and soon they encountered a caravan resting by the roadside.
Selt got out of the car and inquired about some details of Wotai Province.
The slogan of the "Safety Station" they established at the Solotu Province Railway Station was: If the goods are robbed, the provincial government will compensate the full amount.
There were also great discounts on taxes, and the first batch of caravans made money.
As more and more caravans transported more and more goods to Wotai City, Wotai Province itself seemed to have imported a large number of commodities of various categories.
It's just that some of their goods were from Intis, some were from Fenebote, and some were from Luen. I don't know which country Wotai Province specifically obtained cooperation opportunities with.
In fact, it was Odis who transported the pirates' stolen goods from Cruz Island.
Some of those goods were commodities dumped from various countries in the Northern Continent to the Southern Continent, and some were raw materials transported from the Southern Continent to the Northern Continent.
Odis directly put the raw materials into the factory for processing, and the commodities were transported to Lunburg for sale.
Because a large number of commodities entered Wotai City, the prices here quickly became stable.
However, the merchants still had money to earn, so commercial activities quickly prospered.
In the beginning, the security team would send thirty soldiers with submachine guns to escort them, but the merchants quickly discovered that the bandits in Wotai Province had rapidly decreased, and recently they had even completely disappeared.
So the escort team changed from the original thirty people to the current three or four people.
And the caravan to Wotai Province was several times larger than it was at the beginning.
This made Selt, who was also a governor, couldn't help but sigh. It took him several years to make the economy of Solotu Province prosperous again, while Odis only took a month to achieve this goal.
Afterwards, Selt inquired about the investment details of Wotai Province. As long as they were willing to invest in Wotai Province, the provincial government would be responsible for land acquisition and factory construction, and the investors only needed to contribute funds.
Moreover, the procedures were very simple, without the exploitation of officials and the difficulties of local forces. After the factory buildings were built, the provincial government even helped recruit workers.
As a result, the first batch of small factories invested in Wotai Province had already started construction, while some large factories were still under construction.
Selt also heard that the staff of the provincial government would actually take the initiative to ask investors if there was anything they needed help with?
There was no need for the staff of the state government to be treated with high-end food and drink, normal meals were enough.
This made Selt a little unbelievable. Are there such officials and staff in this world?
Then, the governor of Solotu Province recalled his conversation with Odis on the train. At that time, Odis said that he would reshape the team of officials.
At that time, Selt didn't take it too seriously, because in his opinion, it was an impossible task.
But now, the facts were in front of him, which made Selt silent for a full ten seconds before saying to his subordinates: "Go to Wotai City at the fastest speed."
So they hurried on the road overnight, and finally arrived in Wotai City the next morning.
Outside the city, Selt asked the coachman to stop the carriage by the roadside. He quickly climbed to the top of the mountain and saw that the leeward side of the entire Wotai City was a huge construction site!
Large factories were under construction, and as the merchants of the caravan said, some small factories had already started production.
Not far from these new buildings, a railway building had taken shape, and the railway had actually been laid out for a long distance.
Selt roughly estimated that there were at least thirty to forty thousand workers working on so many construction sites. He even suspected that Odis had captured all the bandits to do construction work, so the banditry had completely disappeared?
But he also felt that this was unlikely, because in that case, there would still be robbers appearing.
So Selt came to a village not far away, and under the pretext of taking a temporary rest, chatted with several old people at the entrance of the village who were chatting and doing some handicrafts.
Soon they talked about the topic of the governor's suppression of bandits, and Selt learned a concept that he felt somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar: the ten-household system.
The general idea is that every ten households form a small team. As long as a robber appears in one household, all ten households will be arrested to repair the railway.
At first, the villagers didn't take it too seriously. They still farmed during the day and developed some "side businesses" at night or during the slack season.
But soon, the police station tracked down a group of bandits and found that they belonged to six teams.
The state government did not show any mercy and arrested the members of the teams involved, regardless of their age, and sent them to the railway construction site.
Soon, the news spread throughout Wotai Province, and many villagers saw the scene of being escorted to the construction site.
Selt heard here and guessed that the Wotai Provincial Government must have played some role in the speed of the spread of the news. Moreover, the prisoners who went to the construction site were likely to be escorted around the entire state.
After that, many people did not dare to be bandits anymore. The police began to patrol the entire state, and as long as they encountered bandits, they would arrest a large number of people.
After only four or five arrests, the ten households in a team began to supervise each other. If anyone in their family went to be a robber again, they would directly knock them unconscious and carry them back.
So, in just over half a month, there was no longer a robber in the entire Wotai Province.
Selt was completely shocked when he heard this.
He had heard that there was a similar "joint liability system" in the Southern Continent, but that was a way to exploit the local people, which easily aroused the resistance of the local natives.
Although the colonial army would easily suppress those rebellions, it would make the local security worse and worse, which was in stark contrast to Wotai Province.
Continuing to talk, Selt found the reason why Wotai Province was gradually becoming stable: the state government also provided a large number of job opportunities.
It is said that the railway construction recruited more than 30,000 people at once. This railway was built together in sections, and several construction sites started at the same time, so it would take so many people.
The construction of the factory recruited another 10,000 to 20,000 people. Now, in the entire Wotai Province, most families have one member working.
The state government put two paths in front of the people: either get paid, and the construction site also takes care of food and accommodation, and be a construction worker.
Or be arrested directly and do unpaid labor.
These two options are not difficult to choose.
It was precisely because there were so many job opportunities that prices fell to an acceptable range, and the security in Wotai Province suddenly improved.
At this time, Selt was already a little admired by Odis, and so much manpower mobilization was completed so easily.
After a little thought, Selt realized that in addition to the proper policies of Governor Odis, the implementation was also the key.
And the implementation is inseparable from officials and civil servants. Selt is still very strange. What kind of method did Odis use to cultivate so many seemingly maverick officials in such a short period of time?
So Selt bid farewell to the old men, took a carriage into the city, came to the Wotai Daily Goods Store, and met the owner Connery here.
This was an intelligence station arranged by Selt, which was responsible for collecting information about Wotai Province before Odis came.
Connery was also very surprised. He didn't expect Governor Selt to come suddenly, and he hurriedly invited a group of people into the door.
Arriving at Connery's office, Selt first commended the other party's work in recent years, and then asked the question that had been bothering him: "After Governor Odis took office, did he carry out a large number of appointments and removals of officials, and recruited many new staff."
"Yes." Connery replied: "The previous state government and all officials and most staff have been gradually dismissed in the past two months."
Selt then asked: "Where did Odis recruit so many new officials and staff?"
"Most of them were recruited from Wotai City."
"What kind of work did these people do before?"
Connery replied: "Most of them are refugees."
"Refugees?" This answer surprised Selt a little.
The so-called refugees are ordinary people who lost their land and property due to the previous banditry and can only wander in the city.
How did Audiss enable a group of ordinary people to achieve such high efficiency in such a short period?
A series of questions and answers that followed allowed Selter to understand the whole truth of the matter.
After Audiss first came to Wotai City and truly took control, he recruited the first batch of security team members from the refugees.
Compared to the previous security team members, the refugees cherished this job opportunity even more, and they used to be at the bottom of this city, so they knew how difficult life was for the people, so most of them were very competent.
Of course, there were also many people who, after suddenly becoming members of the security team, began to vent their dissatisfaction and retaliate against the residents who had bullied them.
This was equivalent to a screening, and the governor dismissed many people, including the original security team members.
The remaining group of people served as a reference for the subsequent large-scale recruitment.
Before Captain Audiss took office, Connery had helped several refugee families, one of whom met the new governor's requirements for employment and is now the new Director of the Bureau of Industry.
Connery learned many inside details from him. While Captain Longzel was out of the city to suppress bandits, the state government began a large-scale recruitment.
The person in charge of this work was the governor's assistant, Ms. Mandy, who brought a large number of people to complete the recruitment and training.
The training process was also unheard of. People who passed the most basic assessment were only equipped with a helmet, and then they possessed a lot of knowledge that felt very unfamiliar to them.
The so-called training was to teach them how to use that new knowledge.
After only ten days of training, they knew very well what their purpose and responsibility were, and how they could start working.
After these people were filled into the state government, the efficiency of the state government suddenly became faster.
So the governor drastically cut the original officials and staff.
At that time, many people were preparing to laugh at the governor, thinking that this group of newcomers would definitely mess up the work.
But to everyone's surprise, their work efficiency was very high. They quickly organized a large number of people to start building railways, and recruited many businessmen to start building factories.
It seemed that everyone had a job all of a sudden. At this time, no one could laugh anymore, and they were all respectful and admired the new governor.
Now everyone says that the new governor is a devotee of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom," and he must have mastered a way to quickly equip many people with some advanced knowledge.
Of course, some people also say that the new governor has some means used only by evil gods, and there are huge hidden dangers behind this method of quickly imparting knowledge.
There are all kinds of opinions now, but the state government and the governor himself have not made any explanations or evaluations.
Selter was silent for more than ten seconds before suddenly saying, "I want to see Governor Audiss."
The accompanying secretary immediately said, "I'll arrange it right away."
"No, let's go back to Solotu City, issue a formal written document, and then come back," Selter said with great initiative as he got up and walked out.
They returned to Solotu State as quickly as possible and then began to follow the procedures.
For the official meeting between the leaders of the two states, there must be two procedures: an intention to meet and an invitation, and the meeting process must have certain records. This is the so-called procedure.
Five days later, Selter returned to Wotai City with his guard. Captain Longzel was waiting outside the city, and Audiss was waiting at the entrance of the government office building.
For this governor who provided help and shared many common ideas, Audiss gave the highest courtesy for a meeting of the same level.
After holding public talks and attending some activities, the two governors came to the construction site in the western part of Wotai City, strolling and chatting casually.
Selter noticed that the construction site here was busy and orderly, and the location of the factories, the direction of the roads, etc., were all designed in advance.
So although the construction site looked chaotic, it was in good order.
Looking at the factory building, which was a bit taller than it was five days ago, Selter said with emotion, "I didn't expect Wotai State to regain its vitality so quickly."
Audiss smiled and said, "This state has always been very vibrant, but before, the vitality was used in the wrong direction."
Selter nodded and then said, "Do you remember the intention of cooperation I proposed before? As long as you have the spare capacity, we can cooperate and try to solve the problems of Shatar State."
Shatar State is similar to Wotai State. There are also several bandit armies supported by foreign forces, and this state is no longer under the control of Lunberg.
Audiss said, "At that time, I wanted to ask, if we do this, will Duke Bowen and Senior Official Bichier think that we are acting on our own initiative?"
"No," Selter stopped and said, "I received the approval of Duke Bowen and the senior official last year. As long as our own strength is sufficient, we can try to recover Shatar State."
He spread his hands and said, "For them, as long as we take action, it will be better than the current situation."
Audiss said "Hmm": "Then I suggest that I be responsible for the western part of Shatar State and you be responsible for the eastern part."
Selter was stunned: "We are not acting together?"
Audiss smiled and said, "If we act together, it will involve a question of priority. For example, if the people sent out encounter problems that cannot be solved, will they listen to me? Or will they listen to you?"
This will create many rifts between the two sides, and eventually such cooperation is likely to end.
Selter suddenly said, "You can take the lead with your opinion."
Audiss was stunned. Before, he felt that Selter was also a very strong governor. He did not expect that the other party would easily hand over the initiative of the operation.
Seeing Audiss's expression, Selter smiled and said, "I hope to use this operation to learn about Wotai State's training and management methods for officials."
"So this operation can be directly commanded by you, and most of the results can be attributed to you."
Audiss thought for a while before saying, "No problem."
However, the specific action plan still needs to be discussed further.
After that, the two naturally talked about Audiss's recruitment and training of officials and staff in Wotai State. Selter bluntly said that he had heard some inside information from the Wotai Daily Goods Store.
Finally, the two talked about the most important training session. Selter asked, "I heard that you are using some special methods to train qualified staff in a very short period of time?"
"There's nothing to avoid," Audiss smiled and said, "Since we are in a world with extraordinary power, why can't we use extraordinary power to achieve our goals as soon as possible?"
Selter then asked, "Are there any side effects?"
"I have used this technology to complete multiple knowledge instillations with different contents," Audiss introduced. "Currently, it seems that the side effects are not significant. The headaches that are produced can basically disappear within two weeks, and the knowledge gained can be gradually digested in the work."
Selter then asked, "After using this technology, how much independent consciousness do they still have?"
In his opinion, this method is biased towards the methods that evil gods would use, because learning knowledge and using knowledge is a gradual process.
Suddenly possessing a lot of unfamiliar knowledge will definitely have a huge impact on a person's cognition and thinking, and may even cause them to lose themselves.
Audiss smiled and said, "I know what you are worried about. Unless knowledge is instilled continuously, their own consciousness is relatively complete."
He paused and then said, "In fact, when everyone learns new knowledge, their thinking and cognition will be affected to a certain extent because of this knowledge. Otherwise, the knowledge learned must be some unimportant knowledge."
"And although extraordinary power is easy to use, it is not everything. During the training process, we will observe those who are more in line with our values and give them preferential treatment."
"When other people see these people being given preferential treatment, they will also lean towards them."
"You see, people's thoughts are relatively easy to unify."
These words made Selter fall into deep thought immediately after a brief surprise. Ten seconds later, he breathed a sigh of relief and talked about the key point: "If I want to introduce this training institution..."
"You can pay for it," Audiss smiled. "There are no other requirements."
"That's good," Selter glanced at his subordinates behind him and said to them, "I want to have a private chat with Governor Audiss. You guys wait a while and then follow."
Audiss also waved to his subordinates, signaling them to wait here for a while.
Everyone thought that the two governors were going to bargain privately, so they went to the shade of the trees to smoke or chat.
After Audis and Serret walked a distance, Serret said, "I received a message that the Renburg government is secretly sending people to the State of Vottai."
Audis simply nodded and smiled his thanks, because his intelligence network in Aissara had also received this news.
Clearly, the Renburg government had noticed everything that had happened in the State of Vottai. In order to prevent the newly recovered State of Vottai from becoming 'Audis's Vottai,' they wanted to investigate whether the Renburg government needed to step in and take over.
Seeing Audis's expression, Serret knew that he already had a strategy to deal with it, so he did not continue to talk about this topic, but suddenly asked, "What do you think of the current situation?"
Audis was stunned. The last person who asked this question was a member of the 'Twilight Hermit Society.'
However, based on his observation, Serret was not a member of the 'Twilight Hermit Society.' His asking this might be to start a new topic.
So he answered vaguely, "The world situation will become more and more tense."
Serret then asked, "How should Renburg deal with itself in the increasingly tense situation?"
Audis smiled and said, "I haven't thought about this question."
"Based on my observation, your current approach will bring many positive changes to Renburg," Serret said. "You should also have the idea of changing some of the ills of Renburg in your mind, right?"
Audis glanced at Serret's serious face. He suddenly realized that the governor in front of him should be considered a reformer, or even a radical, in Renburg.
Currently, the countries of the Northern Continent have basically completed industrialization, and each country has conservatives and radicals.
Only in small countries like Renburg, the power of the conservatives cannot be shaken in a short period of time. The radicals have not yet formed a political force equal to the conservatives, like the radicals in Rune.
However, many nobles in Renburg should have realized that the nobles should make certain changes in order to adapt to the future situation.
Audis recalled Serret's resume. He should be one of those Renburg nobles who hope to do something for the country.
After all, with Serret's family power, he didn't need to come to the chaotic and poor state of the Western Province to be a governor. It should be easier and more promising to take a position in Aissara.
In an instant, Audis understood all of this, and then said seriously, "I said on the train before that all current political systems have drawbacks."
"These drawbacks cannot be completely resolved. Often, as soon as a problem is solved, new problems will appear, and they may be even more difficult to solve."
Serret felt that Audis had answered his question seriously, but it seemed that he had not answered it seriously. He smiled and said helplessly, "You don't need to be so wary of me."
He took out his cigarette case and handed it to Audis. Seeing Audis wave his hand, he took out a cigarette and lit it, saying, "I am not one of those old antiques in Aissara."
Serret took a puff of smoke and said, "Sincerity is the best medicine to eliminate doubts. I will show more sincerity."
"Some Renburg people hope to form a Progressive Party, requesting the King to remove the Minister of Political Affairs and set up a President or Prime Minister to hand over political affairs to the government."
At this time, the four major countries of the Northern Continent had basically completed the government reform of separating royal power from political power. The royal family became the symbol of the country, and the King became the nominal head of state. Most of the military power was still in the hands of the royal family.
Political affairs were handed over to the government headed by the President, Prime Minister, or Premier, and the parliament headed by the Speaker.
This basically solved the ills of the royal family members being corrupt and incompetent, and the political affairs being handled like a mess.
In small countries like Renburg, the power of the conservatives is still strong. The King is not only the head of state, but also can arbitrarily interfere in political affairs.
Basically all important positions in the country are held by members of the royal family.
This has created a very depressing political atmosphere in Renburg, and even Aissara seems to have lost any vitality.
Serret, or rather, the demands of Serret and others, are indeed considered radical by the King.
After hearing Serret's words, Audis did not express his position.
Serret continued, "We must do something to make Renburg stronger than it is now, so as not to be dragged into an endless abyss by the great powers."
"Your idea is very admirable," Audis finally said. "But I cannot express any position."
Serret was stunned: "Why?"
Audis found an unshakable reason to prevaricate: "Archbishop Douglas recommended me to take the governor's exam."
In fact, Audis didn't want to get involved in the vortex of Renburg's internal affairs. In his opinion, the Progressive Party like Serret didn't seem to have made much progress.
He only hoped to have a place to develop his power safely and steadily. He currently has no ideas about Renburg's political situation.
Hearing Audis's answer, Serret was stunned again. He didn't expect that the rumors were true. Audis was actually serving the Church.
In that case, it was indeed impossible to continue to win over Audis, because the Church generally plays a neutral role in such matters and will not join any side.
However, he did not give up: "If I hope you can provide help in secret, is that okay?"
Audis thought for a while and asked, "For example, what kind of help?"
"Provide some weapons and training," Serret said. "Provide some protection at critical moments."
Audis agreed: "That's okay, but you need to pay a certain reward. This is a transaction."
Serret believed that Audis was shirking responsibility. He felt that such a result was acceptable, so he did not continue to ask for anything.
After that, the two chatted for a few more words before ending the conversation.
In the next two days, Audis held grand banquets to welcome Governor Serret and his party, and to send them off.
After they left Vottai City, Audis discussed the matter of hunting the 'Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-Tail Cockroach' with Bernadette.
They were supposed to set off two days ago, but Serret's arrival disrupted Audis's plan.
With the situation in the State of Vottai improving at a visible rate, it even seemed to be more prosperous than before the banditry became serious.
Everyone in the State of Vottai felt the huge changes brought about by the arrival of this new governor, but Audis rarely appeared in front of the public, which made him even more mysterious.
So when everyone felt the benefits and influence brought by the new governor, Audis's potion was further digested, and it was only a little bit away from completely digesting the potion.
However, there was no news of the 'Wings of the Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-Tail Cockroach,' so Audis finally decided to hunt the 'Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-Tail Cockroach.'
With Bernadette's help, there would be no danger in this hunting process.
So after the two discussed it, Bernadette summoned the pumpkin-shaped carriage, entered the spirit world, and headed to the depths of the Misty Sea.
Bernadette also didn't feel any pressure for this hunt.
The main reason why they had to discuss it was because there seemed to be a huge underground ruin on that island. Bernadette had only explored it briefly before. She planned to use this hunt to conduct further exploration.
Before the action, Bernadette had already made a 'prediction' that this action would be very smooth and there would be no major danger.
The carriage drove in the spirit world for five or six minutes, and gray mist began to appear in the spirit world.
Bernadette said: "In the depths of the Misty Sea, the fog on the sea also affects the spirit world."
"No one knows where those fogs come from? And why do they affect the spirit world?"
Audis thought to himself: Actually, I know that these fogs come from the 'Celestial Lord's' seal on the Western Continent. As for why there is such a reaction, because the 'Celestial Lord' is the 'Ruler of the Spirit World,' so His seal will definitely affect the spirit world.
At this moment, Audis's spirituality was suddenly touched. The corner of his eye seemed to see a creature with a hat and a long human face in the spirit world outside the carriage.
But when he turned his head to look, he only saw a gray mist.
Audis frowned slightly, without speaking about his discovery.
The carriage drove for another ten seconds, and the surrounding colors suddenly became rich. They came to the real world.
At this time, the sea was flashing with lightning and thunder, and it was raining heavily.
The carriage flew over the surging waves. Through the dim light, Audis saw a huge island not far away.
With just one glance, Audis felt that this island was different.
After a moment's thought, he quickly understood that this sea area was too far from the North and South Continents, and the plants on it were already somewhat different from those on the North and South Continents.
It was like the flora and fauna of Australia, which were somewhat different from those of other continents.
To be precise, Audis felt that his current location with Bernadette was probably in the position of Oceania.
However, he was not sure where the "Celestial Worthy's" seal boundary was, whether it encompassed most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean? Or whether many of these islands had already sunk?
However, it was certain that during the Age of Exploration, many people had explored the Misty Sea, but only discovered human civilization in the eastern part of the Misty Sea.
Although many unfamiliar islands were discovered in the western part of the Misty Sea, no humans were found.
Because few people set foot here, there were many extraordinary creatures on the island.
Bernadette had found many extraordinary materials of the "Seer" pathway here, including the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach" that they were going to hunt today.
The carriage floated in the air and moved forward quickly, soon landing on the huge island.
Bernadette continued to maintain the pumpkin-shaped carriage, driving forward in the storm and entering the depths of the island.
Audis noticed that the flora and fauna here were indeed somewhat different from those of the North and South Continents, and it even felt like he had come to an alien planet.
The only familiar thing might be the terrain here.
The carriage drove swiftly, passing through a valley and arriving at a huge basin.
Generally speaking, basins should be places where plants thrive, but this basin was somewhat desolate, with only weeds, and occasionally a fast-running animal or a solitary tree.
When the carriage came to a boulder, Bernadette raised her hand, the carriage stopped, and she said, "It's here."
Audis looked out of the car window, but did not see any extraordinary traces.
Bernadette then opened the car door, and dense raindrops fell, but none hit her.
Audis also got out of the car, and the raindrops did not fall on him either.
Although he had no idea about this hunt, he did not ask, but just followed quietly.
Bernadette came to the boulder, waved her hand, and the boulder immediately floated up and flew into the distance.
Under the boulder, a small cave was revealed.
Audis was stunned after taking a look at the cave, because at the entrance of the cave was a Gothic building.
However, compared with the buildings in the human world, this building was a miniature version, only half a meter high overall, but the oppressive feeling of Gothic architecture was fully displayed.
The sudden disappearance of the boulder, as well as the "attack" of the raindrops, seemed to alarm the owner of this building, and many ants the length of a finger crawled out of it.
They actually quickly formed an attack formation towards Audis and Bernadette. Bernadette gently raised her foot, and a stream of water flowed from nowhere and poured into the cave.
Those ants who were about to attack were also washed into it by the water.
Bernadette did not launch further actions, but carefully observed the surroundings.
Audis knew very well that as a "Master of Divination", Bernadette could form an absolute suppression on the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach".
A few seconds later, Bernadette grabbed Audis's arm and "flashed" to the center of the basin.
Bernadette slightly raised her hand, and a pea suddenly broke out of the ground.
This pea grew thicker and taller, and taller, as if it could pierce the sky if it was not stopped.
The pea's branches and leaves brought rocks and soil from the ground.
Suddenly, an insect the length of an arm came to the ground with the wildly growing pea.
It seemed that it didn't want to come out, but it was entangled by the pea's branches and leaves and was forcibly dragged out.
This giant insect had a round body, on which were colorful runes that were constantly changing shape.
Audis felt a little dizzy just after taking a look.
It had two pairs of colorful wings on its back, and a pair of human-like eyes on its head. This structure made Audis feel very uncomfortable.
At this time, fear was revealed in those eyes, and the entire round insect body was also trembling violently.
Extraordinary people of the "Seer" pathway are not like the "Death" pathway, where the high sequence has absolute suppression over the low sequence.
However, this extraordinary creature is particularly sensitive to the suppression of the high sequence.
At this time, after seeing Bernadette, the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach" was basically unable to move. It seemed to muster up the courage to use its ability to make its body illusory.
However, Bernadette immediately "reproduced" an ancient spinning machine, and its very beautiful sand hammer flashed with strange light, and the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach" immediately fell into a deep sleep.
A pair of golden scissors appeared in Bernadette's hand, and with a stretch of her hand, she cut off the head of this big bug.
The small head began to harden, deform, and change color the moment it separated from the body, and finally turned into a small polygonal crystal.
Then Bernadette quickly cut off the two pairs of wings. She raised her hand, and one pair of wings and the crystal flew towards Audis.
After doing all this, Bernadette took a step back, and a strange mouth suddenly appeared from the illusion, swallowing the insect's corpse in one bite.
That was the creature that had signed a contract with Bernadette, and it was helping Bernadette collect these spiritual materials.
Audis also put away the crystal and wings of the Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach. He sighed, "It's too easy."
When hunting the "Psychedelic Red Coral" before, he and the "Iceberg Admiral" had spent a lot of effort.
Bernadette smiled and said, "If you hunt it yourself, it is estimated that it will be difficult to be its opponent."
Audis nodded. This was true. Just seeing the patterns on the Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach made him feel dizzy. If a real battle occurred, he might only be able to use his high-level scrolls and Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts to barely fight.
Then they came to a severely collapsed ruin according to the plan.
The architectural style of this ruin could not be seen at all, and even the layout of those buildings could not be seen, because only a messy ruin remained here.
The reason why it was certain that this was a ruin was because these ruins did not look like they were formed naturally, and what was very strange was that no vegetation grew on the ruins.
On a tropical island, it is very strange in itself that no vegetation grows.
Bernadette introduced: "There is a severely collapsed tunnel underground, and at the bottom of the tunnel there is a not small space.
"Although there is no obvious danger there, it always makes people feel very uncomfortable."
This was the reason why she stopped exploring last time.
Bernadette paused and said again: "In addition, on the walls below, there are some strange words that you can try to decipher."
Audis agreed: "Okay."
So Bernadette used her ability again, and the two people instantly appeared deep underground.
Using the dim light in the darkness, Audis saw wide halls and long corridors here. On one wall of the hall, familiar and unfamiliar letters were written.
Several of the letters were larger than the other letters. Audis was stunned at a glance, because it turned out to be the English word: dangerous.
Danger!
Although Selt disguised himself as a merchant, they had no goods, so the carriage moved quickly, and soon they encountered a caravan resting by the roadside.
Selt got out of the car and inquired about some details of Wotai Province.
The slogan of the "Safety Station" they established at the Solotu Province Railway Station was: If the goods are robbed, the provincial government will compensate the full amount.
There were also great discounts on taxes, and the first batch of caravans made money.
As more and more caravans transported more and more goods to Wotai City, Wotai Province itself seemed to have imported a large number of commodities of various categories.
It's just that some of their goods were from Intis, some were from Fenebote, and some were from Luen. I don't know which country Wotai Province specifically obtained cooperation opportunities with.
In fact, it was Odis who transported the pirates' stolen goods from Cruz Island.
Some of those goods were commodities dumped from various countries in the Northern Continent to the Southern Continent, and some were raw materials transported from the Southern Continent to the Northern Continent.
Odis directly put the raw materials into the factory for processing, and the commodities were transported to Lunburg for sale.
Because a large number of commodities entered Wotai City, the prices here quickly became stable.
However, the merchants still had money to earn, so commercial activities quickly prospered.
In the beginning, the security team would send thirty soldiers with submachine guns to escort them, but the merchants quickly discovered that the bandits in Wotai Province had rapidly decreased, and recently they had even completely disappeared.
So the escort team changed from the original thirty people to the current three or four people.
And the caravan to Wotai Province was several times larger than it was at the beginning.
This made Selt, who was also a governor, couldn't help but sigh. It took him several years to make the economy of Solotu Province prosperous again, while Odis only took a month to achieve this goal.
Afterwards, Selt inquired about the investment details of Wotai Province. As long as they were willing to invest in Wotai Province, the provincial government would be responsible for land acquisition and factory construction, and the investors only needed to contribute funds.
Moreover, the procedures were very simple, without the exploitation of officials and the difficulties of local forces. After the factory buildings were built, the provincial government even helped recruit workers.
As a result, the first batch of small factories invested in Wotai Province had already started construction, while some large factories were still under construction.
Selt also heard that the staff of the provincial government would actually take the initiative to ask investors if there was anything they needed help with?
There was no need for the staff of the state government to be treated with high-end food and drink, normal meals were enough.
This made Selt a little unbelievable. Are there such officials and staff in this world?
Then, the governor of Solotu Province recalled his conversation with Odis on the train. At that time, Odis said that he would reshape the team of officials.
At that time, Selt didn't take it too seriously, because in his opinion, it was an impossible task.
But now, the facts were in front of him, which made Selt silent for a full ten seconds before saying to his subordinates: "Go to Wotai City at the fastest speed."
So they hurried on the road overnight, and finally arrived in Wotai City the next morning.
Outside the city, Selt asked the coachman to stop the carriage by the roadside. He quickly climbed to the top of the mountain and saw that the leeward side of the entire Wotai City was a huge construction site!
Large factories were under construction, and as the merchants of the caravan said, some small factories had already started production.
Not far from these new buildings, a railway building had taken shape, and the railway had actually been laid out for a long distance.
Selt roughly estimated that there were at least thirty to forty thousand workers working on so many construction sites. He even suspected that Odis had captured all the bandits to do construction work, so the banditry had completely disappeared?
But he also felt that this was unlikely, because in that case, there would still be robbers appearing.
So Selt came to a village not far away, and under the pretext of taking a temporary rest, chatted with several old people at the entrance of the village who were chatting and doing some handicrafts.
Soon they talked about the topic of the governor's suppression of bandits, and Selt learned a concept that he felt somewhat familiar and somewhat unfamiliar: the ten-household system.
The general idea is that every ten households form a small team. As long as a robber appears in one household, all ten households will be arrested to repair the railway.
At first, the villagers didn't take it too seriously. They still farmed during the day and developed some "side businesses" at night or during the slack season.
But soon, the police station tracked down a group of bandits and found that they belonged to six teams.
The state government did not show any mercy and arrested the members of the teams involved, regardless of their age, and sent them to the railway construction site.
Soon, the news spread throughout Wotai Province, and many villagers saw the scene of being escorted to the construction site.
Selt heard here and guessed that the Wotai Provincial Government must have played some role in the speed of the spread of the news. Moreover, the prisoners who went to the construction site were likely to be escorted around the entire state.
After that, many people did not dare to be bandits anymore. The police began to patrol the entire state, and as long as they encountered bandits, they would arrest a large number of people.
After only four or five arrests, the ten households in a team began to supervise each other. If anyone in their family went to be a robber again, they would directly knock them unconscious and carry them back.
So, in just over half a month, there was no longer a robber in the entire Wotai Province.
Selt was completely shocked when he heard this.
He had heard that there was a similar "joint liability system" in the Southern Continent, but that was a way to exploit the local people, which easily aroused the resistance of the local natives.
Although the colonial army would easily suppress those rebellions, it would make the local security worse and worse, which was in stark contrast to Wotai Province.
Continuing to talk, Selt found the reason why Wotai Province was gradually becoming stable: the state government also provided a large number of job opportunities.
It is said that the railway construction recruited more than 30,000 people at once. This railway was built together in sections, and several construction sites started at the same time, so it would take so many people.
The construction of the factory recruited another 10,000 to 20,000 people. Now, in the entire Wotai Province, most families have one member working.
The state government put two paths in front of the people: either get paid, and the construction site also takes care of food and accommodation, and be a construction worker.
Or be arrested directly and do unpaid labor.
These two options are not difficult to choose.
It was precisely because there were so many job opportunities that prices fell to an acceptable range, and the security in Wotai Province suddenly improved.
At this time, Selt was already a little admired by Odis, and so much manpower mobilization was completed so easily.
After a little thought, Selt realized that in addition to the proper policies of Governor Odis, the implementation was also the key.
And the implementation is inseparable from officials and civil servants. Selt is still very strange. What kind of method did Odis use to cultivate so many seemingly maverick officials in such a short period of time?
So Selt bid farewell to the old men, took a carriage into the city, came to the Wotai Daily Goods Store, and met the owner Connery here.
This was an intelligence station arranged by Selt, which was responsible for collecting information about Wotai Province before Odis came.
Connery was also very surprised. He didn't expect Governor Selt to come suddenly, and he hurriedly invited a group of people into the door.
Arriving at Connery's office, Selt first commended the other party's work in recent years, and then asked the question that had been bothering him: "After Governor Odis took office, did he carry out a large number of appointments and removals of officials, and recruited many new staff."
"Yes." Connery replied: "The previous state government and all officials and most staff have been gradually dismissed in the past two months."
Selt then asked: "Where did Odis recruit so many new officials and staff?"
"Most of them were recruited from Wotai City."
"What kind of work did these people do before?"
Connery replied: "Most of them are refugees."
"Refugees?" This answer surprised Selt a little.
The so-called refugees are ordinary people who lost their land and property due to the previous banditry and can only wander in the city.
How did Audiss enable a group of ordinary people to achieve such high efficiency in such a short period?
A series of questions and answers that followed allowed Selter to understand the whole truth of the matter.
After Audiss first came to Wotai City and truly took control, he recruited the first batch of security team members from the refugees.
Compared to the previous security team members, the refugees cherished this job opportunity even more, and they used to be at the bottom of this city, so they knew how difficult life was for the people, so most of them were very competent.
Of course, there were also many people who, after suddenly becoming members of the security team, began to vent their dissatisfaction and retaliate against the residents who had bullied them.
This was equivalent to a screening, and the governor dismissed many people, including the original security team members.
The remaining group of people served as a reference for the subsequent large-scale recruitment.
Before Captain Audiss took office, Connery had helped several refugee families, one of whom met the new governor's requirements for employment and is now the new Director of the Bureau of Industry.
Connery learned many inside details from him. While Captain Longzel was out of the city to suppress bandits, the state government began a large-scale recruitment.
The person in charge of this work was the governor's assistant, Ms. Mandy, who brought a large number of people to complete the recruitment and training.
The training process was also unheard of. People who passed the most basic assessment were only equipped with a helmet, and then they possessed a lot of knowledge that felt very unfamiliar to them.
The so-called training was to teach them how to use that new knowledge.
After only ten days of training, they knew very well what their purpose and responsibility were, and how they could start working.
After these people were filled into the state government, the efficiency of the state government suddenly became faster.
So the governor drastically cut the original officials and staff.
At that time, many people were preparing to laugh at the governor, thinking that this group of newcomers would definitely mess up the work.
But to everyone's surprise, their work efficiency was very high. They quickly organized a large number of people to start building railways, and recruited many businessmen to start building factories.
It seemed that everyone had a job all of a sudden. At this time, no one could laugh anymore, and they were all respectful and admired the new governor.
Now everyone says that the new governor is a devotee of the "God of Knowledge and Wisdom," and he must have mastered a way to quickly equip many people with some advanced knowledge.
Of course, some people also say that the new governor has some means used only by evil gods, and there are huge hidden dangers behind this method of quickly imparting knowledge.
There are all kinds of opinions now, but the state government and the governor himself have not made any explanations or evaluations.
Selter was silent for more than ten seconds before suddenly saying, "I want to see Governor Audiss."
The accompanying secretary immediately said, "I'll arrange it right away."
"No, let's go back to Solotu City, issue a formal written document, and then come back," Selter said with great initiative as he got up and walked out.
They returned to Solotu State as quickly as possible and then began to follow the procedures.
For the official meeting between the leaders of the two states, there must be two procedures: an intention to meet and an invitation, and the meeting process must have certain records. This is the so-called procedure.
Five days later, Selter returned to Wotai City with his guard. Captain Longzel was waiting outside the city, and Audiss was waiting at the entrance of the government office building.
For this governor who provided help and shared many common ideas, Audiss gave the highest courtesy for a meeting of the same level.
After holding public talks and attending some activities, the two governors came to the construction site in the western part of Wotai City, strolling and chatting casually.
Selter noticed that the construction site here was busy and orderly, and the location of the factories, the direction of the roads, etc., were all designed in advance.
So although the construction site looked chaotic, it was in good order.
Looking at the factory building, which was a bit taller than it was five days ago, Selter said with emotion, "I didn't expect Wotai State to regain its vitality so quickly."
Audiss smiled and said, "This state has always been very vibrant, but before, the vitality was used in the wrong direction."
Selter nodded and then said, "Do you remember the intention of cooperation I proposed before? As long as you have the spare capacity, we can cooperate and try to solve the problems of Shatar State."
Shatar State is similar to Wotai State. There are also several bandit armies supported by foreign forces, and this state is no longer under the control of Lunberg.
Audiss said, "At that time, I wanted to ask, if we do this, will Duke Bowen and Senior Official Bichier think that we are acting on our own initiative?"
"No," Selter stopped and said, "I received the approval of Duke Bowen and the senior official last year. As long as our own strength is sufficient, we can try to recover Shatar State."
He spread his hands and said, "For them, as long as we take action, it will be better than the current situation."
Audiss said "Hmm": "Then I suggest that I be responsible for the western part of Shatar State and you be responsible for the eastern part."
Selter was stunned: "We are not acting together?"
Audiss smiled and said, "If we act together, it will involve a question of priority. For example, if the people sent out encounter problems that cannot be solved, will they listen to me? Or will they listen to you?"
This will create many rifts between the two sides, and eventually such cooperation is likely to end.
Selter suddenly said, "You can take the lead with your opinion."
Audiss was stunned. Before, he felt that Selter was also a very strong governor. He did not expect that the other party would easily hand over the initiative of the operation.
Seeing Audiss's expression, Selter smiled and said, "I hope to use this operation to learn about Wotai State's training and management methods for officials."
"So this operation can be directly commanded by you, and most of the results can be attributed to you."
Audiss thought for a while before saying, "No problem."
However, the specific action plan still needs to be discussed further.
After that, the two naturally talked about Audiss's recruitment and training of officials and staff in Wotai State. Selter bluntly said that he had heard some inside information from the Wotai Daily Goods Store.
Finally, the two talked about the most important training session. Selter asked, "I heard that you are using some special methods to train qualified staff in a very short period of time?"
"There's nothing to avoid," Audiss smiled and said, "Since we are in a world with extraordinary power, why can't we use extraordinary power to achieve our goals as soon as possible?"
Selter then asked, "Are there any side effects?"
"I have used this technology to complete multiple knowledge instillations with different contents," Audiss introduced. "Currently, it seems that the side effects are not significant. The headaches that are produced can basically disappear within two weeks, and the knowledge gained can be gradually digested in the work."
Selter then asked, "After using this technology, how much independent consciousness do they still have?"
In his opinion, this method is biased towards the methods that evil gods would use, because learning knowledge and using knowledge is a gradual process.
Suddenly possessing a lot of unfamiliar knowledge will definitely have a huge impact on a person's cognition and thinking, and may even cause them to lose themselves.
Audiss smiled and said, "I know what you are worried about. Unless knowledge is instilled continuously, their own consciousness is relatively complete."
He paused and then said, "In fact, when everyone learns new knowledge, their thinking and cognition will be affected to a certain extent because of this knowledge. Otherwise, the knowledge learned must be some unimportant knowledge."
"And although extraordinary power is easy to use, it is not everything. During the training process, we will observe those who are more in line with our values and give them preferential treatment."
"When other people see these people being given preferential treatment, they will also lean towards them."
"You see, people's thoughts are relatively easy to unify."
These words made Selter fall into deep thought immediately after a brief surprise. Ten seconds later, he breathed a sigh of relief and talked about the key point: "If I want to introduce this training institution..."
"You can pay for it," Audiss smiled. "There are no other requirements."
"That's good," Selter glanced at his subordinates behind him and said to them, "I want to have a private chat with Governor Audiss. You guys wait a while and then follow."
Audiss also waved to his subordinates, signaling them to wait here for a while.
Everyone thought that the two governors were going to bargain privately, so they went to the shade of the trees to smoke or chat.
After Audis and Serret walked a distance, Serret said, "I received a message that the Renburg government is secretly sending people to the State of Vottai."
Audis simply nodded and smiled his thanks, because his intelligence network in Aissara had also received this news.
Clearly, the Renburg government had noticed everything that had happened in the State of Vottai. In order to prevent the newly recovered State of Vottai from becoming 'Audis's Vottai,' they wanted to investigate whether the Renburg government needed to step in and take over.
Seeing Audis's expression, Serret knew that he already had a strategy to deal with it, so he did not continue to talk about this topic, but suddenly asked, "What do you think of the current situation?"
Audis was stunned. The last person who asked this question was a member of the 'Twilight Hermit Society.'
However, based on his observation, Serret was not a member of the 'Twilight Hermit Society.' His asking this might be to start a new topic.
So he answered vaguely, "The world situation will become more and more tense."
Serret then asked, "How should Renburg deal with itself in the increasingly tense situation?"
Audis smiled and said, "I haven't thought about this question."
"Based on my observation, your current approach will bring many positive changes to Renburg," Serret said. "You should also have the idea of changing some of the ills of Renburg in your mind, right?"
Audis glanced at Serret's serious face. He suddenly realized that the governor in front of him should be considered a reformer, or even a radical, in Renburg.
Currently, the countries of the Northern Continent have basically completed industrialization, and each country has conservatives and radicals.
Only in small countries like Renburg, the power of the conservatives cannot be shaken in a short period of time. The radicals have not yet formed a political force equal to the conservatives, like the radicals in Rune.
However, many nobles in Renburg should have realized that the nobles should make certain changes in order to adapt to the future situation.
Audis recalled Serret's resume. He should be one of those Renburg nobles who hope to do something for the country.
After all, with Serret's family power, he didn't need to come to the chaotic and poor state of the Western Province to be a governor. It should be easier and more promising to take a position in Aissara.
In an instant, Audis understood all of this, and then said seriously, "I said on the train before that all current political systems have drawbacks."
"These drawbacks cannot be completely resolved. Often, as soon as a problem is solved, new problems will appear, and they may be even more difficult to solve."
Serret felt that Audis had answered his question seriously, but it seemed that he had not answered it seriously. He smiled and said helplessly, "You don't need to be so wary of me."
He took out his cigarette case and handed it to Audis. Seeing Audis wave his hand, he took out a cigarette and lit it, saying, "I am not one of those old antiques in Aissara."
Serret took a puff of smoke and said, "Sincerity is the best medicine to eliminate doubts. I will show more sincerity."
"Some Renburg people hope to form a Progressive Party, requesting the King to remove the Minister of Political Affairs and set up a President or Prime Minister to hand over political affairs to the government."
At this time, the four major countries of the Northern Continent had basically completed the government reform of separating royal power from political power. The royal family became the symbol of the country, and the King became the nominal head of state. Most of the military power was still in the hands of the royal family.
Political affairs were handed over to the government headed by the President, Prime Minister, or Premier, and the parliament headed by the Speaker.
This basically solved the ills of the royal family members being corrupt and incompetent, and the political affairs being handled like a mess.
In small countries like Renburg, the power of the conservatives is still strong. The King is not only the head of state, but also can arbitrarily interfere in political affairs.
Basically all important positions in the country are held by members of the royal family.
This has created a very depressing political atmosphere in Renburg, and even Aissara seems to have lost any vitality.
Serret, or rather, the demands of Serret and others, are indeed considered radical by the King.
After hearing Serret's words, Audis did not express his position.
Serret continued, "We must do something to make Renburg stronger than it is now, so as not to be dragged into an endless abyss by the great powers."
"Your idea is very admirable," Audis finally said. "But I cannot express any position."
Serret was stunned: "Why?"
Audis found an unshakable reason to prevaricate: "Archbishop Douglas recommended me to take the governor's exam."
In fact, Audis didn't want to get involved in the vortex of Renburg's internal affairs. In his opinion, the Progressive Party like Serret didn't seem to have made much progress.
He only hoped to have a place to develop his power safely and steadily. He currently has no ideas about Renburg's political situation.
Hearing Audis's answer, Serret was stunned again. He didn't expect that the rumors were true. Audis was actually serving the Church.
In that case, it was indeed impossible to continue to win over Audis, because the Church generally plays a neutral role in such matters and will not join any side.
However, he did not give up: "If I hope you can provide help in secret, is that okay?"
Audis thought for a while and asked, "For example, what kind of help?"
"Provide some weapons and training," Serret said. "Provide some protection at critical moments."
Audis agreed: "That's okay, but you need to pay a certain reward. This is a transaction."
Serret believed that Audis was shirking responsibility. He felt that such a result was acceptable, so he did not continue to ask for anything.
After that, the two chatted for a few more words before ending the conversation.
In the next two days, Audis held grand banquets to welcome Governor Serret and his party, and to send them off.
After they left Vottai City, Audis discussed the matter of hunting the 'Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-Tail Cockroach' with Bernadette.
They were supposed to set off two days ago, but Serret's arrival disrupted Audis's plan.
With the situation in the State of Vottai improving at a visible rate, it even seemed to be more prosperous than before the banditry became serious.
Everyone in the State of Vottai felt the huge changes brought about by the arrival of this new governor, but Audis rarely appeared in front of the public, which made him even more mysterious.
So when everyone felt the benefits and influence brought by the new governor, Audis's potion was further digested, and it was only a little bit away from completely digesting the potion.
However, there was no news of the 'Wings of the Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-Tail Cockroach,' so Audis finally decided to hunt the 'Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-Tail Cockroach.'
With Bernadette's help, there would be no danger in this hunting process.
So after the two discussed it, Bernadette summoned the pumpkin-shaped carriage, entered the spirit world, and headed to the depths of the Misty Sea.
Bernadette also didn't feel any pressure for this hunt.
The main reason why they had to discuss it was because there seemed to be a huge underground ruin on that island. Bernadette had only explored it briefly before. She planned to use this hunt to conduct further exploration.
Before the action, Bernadette had already made a 'prediction' that this action would be very smooth and there would be no major danger.
The carriage drove in the spirit world for five or six minutes, and gray mist began to appear in the spirit world.
Bernadette said: "In the depths of the Misty Sea, the fog on the sea also affects the spirit world."
"No one knows where those fogs come from? And why do they affect the spirit world?"
Audis thought to himself: Actually, I know that these fogs come from the 'Celestial Lord's' seal on the Western Continent. As for why there is such a reaction, because the 'Celestial Lord' is the 'Ruler of the Spirit World,' so His seal will definitely affect the spirit world.
At this moment, Audis's spirituality was suddenly touched. The corner of his eye seemed to see a creature with a hat and a long human face in the spirit world outside the carriage.
But when he turned his head to look, he only saw a gray mist.
Audis frowned slightly, without speaking about his discovery.
The carriage drove for another ten seconds, and the surrounding colors suddenly became rich. They came to the real world.
At this time, the sea was flashing with lightning and thunder, and it was raining heavily.
The carriage flew over the surging waves. Through the dim light, Audis saw a huge island not far away.
With just one glance, Audis felt that this island was different.
After a moment's thought, he quickly understood that this sea area was too far from the North and South Continents, and the plants on it were already somewhat different from those on the North and South Continents.
It was like the flora and fauna of Australia, which were somewhat different from those of other continents.
To be precise, Audis felt that his current location with Bernadette was probably in the position of Oceania.
However, he was not sure where the "Celestial Worthy's" seal boundary was, whether it encompassed most of the islands in the Pacific Ocean? Or whether many of these islands had already sunk?
However, it was certain that during the Age of Exploration, many people had explored the Misty Sea, but only discovered human civilization in the eastern part of the Misty Sea.
Although many unfamiliar islands were discovered in the western part of the Misty Sea, no humans were found.
Because few people set foot here, there were many extraordinary creatures on the island.
Bernadette had found many extraordinary materials of the "Seer" pathway here, including the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach" that they were going to hunt today.
The carriage floated in the air and moved forward quickly, soon landing on the huge island.
Bernadette continued to maintain the pumpkin-shaped carriage, driving forward in the storm and entering the depths of the island.
Audis noticed that the flora and fauna here were indeed somewhat different from those of the North and South Continents, and it even felt like he had come to an alien planet.
The only familiar thing might be the terrain here.
The carriage drove swiftly, passing through a valley and arriving at a huge basin.
Generally speaking, basins should be places where plants thrive, but this basin was somewhat desolate, with only weeds, and occasionally a fast-running animal or a solitary tree.
When the carriage came to a boulder, Bernadette raised her hand, the carriage stopped, and she said, "It's here."
Audis looked out of the car window, but did not see any extraordinary traces.
Bernadette then opened the car door, and dense raindrops fell, but none hit her.
Audis also got out of the car, and the raindrops did not fall on him either.
Although he had no idea about this hunt, he did not ask, but just followed quietly.
Bernadette came to the boulder, waved her hand, and the boulder immediately floated up and flew into the distance.
Under the boulder, a small cave was revealed.
Audis was stunned after taking a look at the cave, because at the entrance of the cave was a Gothic building.
However, compared with the buildings in the human world, this building was a miniature version, only half a meter high overall, but the oppressive feeling of Gothic architecture was fully displayed.
The sudden disappearance of the boulder, as well as the "attack" of the raindrops, seemed to alarm the owner of this building, and many ants the length of a finger crawled out of it.
They actually quickly formed an attack formation towards Audis and Bernadette. Bernadette gently raised her foot, and a stream of water flowed from nowhere and poured into the cave.
Those ants who were about to attack were also washed into it by the water.
Bernadette did not launch further actions, but carefully observed the surroundings.
Audis knew very well that as a "Master of Divination", Bernadette could form an absolute suppression on the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach".
A few seconds later, Bernadette grabbed Audis's arm and "flashed" to the center of the basin.
Bernadette slightly raised her hand, and a pea suddenly broke out of the ground.
This pea grew thicker and taller, and taller, as if it could pierce the sky if it was not stopped.
The pea's branches and leaves brought rocks and soil from the ground.
Suddenly, an insect the length of an arm came to the ground with the wildly growing pea.
It seemed that it didn't want to come out, but it was entangled by the pea's branches and leaves and was forcibly dragged out.
This giant insect had a round body, on which were colorful runes that were constantly changing shape.
Audis felt a little dizzy just after taking a look.
It had two pairs of colorful wings on its back, and a pair of human-like eyes on its head. This structure made Audis feel very uncomfortable.
At this time, fear was revealed in those eyes, and the entire round insect body was also trembling violently.
Extraordinary people of the "Seer" pathway are not like the "Death" pathway, where the high sequence has absolute suppression over the low sequence.
However, this extraordinary creature is particularly sensitive to the suppression of the high sequence.
At this time, after seeing Bernadette, the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach" was basically unable to move. It seemed to muster up the courage to use its ability to make its body illusory.
However, Bernadette immediately "reproduced" an ancient spinning machine, and its very beautiful sand hammer flashed with strange light, and the "Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach" immediately fell into a deep sleep.
A pair of golden scissors appeared in Bernadette's hand, and with a stretch of her hand, she cut off the head of this big bug.
The small head began to harden, deform, and change color the moment it separated from the body, and finally turned into a small polygonal crystal.
Then Bernadette quickly cut off the two pairs of wings. She raised her hand, and one pair of wings and the crystal flew towards Audis.
After doing all this, Bernadette took a step back, and a strange mouth suddenly appeared from the illusion, swallowing the insect's corpse in one bite.
That was the creature that had signed a contract with Bernadette, and it was helping Bernadette collect these spiritual materials.
Audis also put away the crystal and wings of the Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach. He sighed, "It's too easy."
When hunting the "Psychedelic Red Coral" before, he and the "Iceberg Admiral" had spent a lot of effort.
Bernadette smiled and said, "If you hunt it yourself, it is estimated that it will be difficult to be its opponent."
Audis nodded. This was true. Just seeing the patterns on the Flower Finch Phantom Hidden-tailed Cockroach made him feel dizzy. If a real battle occurred, he might only be able to use his high-level scrolls and Grade 1 Sealed Artifacts to barely fight.
Then they came to a severely collapsed ruin according to the plan.
The architectural style of this ruin could not be seen at all, and even the layout of those buildings could not be seen, because only a messy ruin remained here.
The reason why it was certain that this was a ruin was because these ruins did not look like they were formed naturally, and what was very strange was that no vegetation grew on the ruins.
On a tropical island, it is very strange in itself that no vegetation grows.
Bernadette introduced: "There is a severely collapsed tunnel underground, and at the bottom of the tunnel there is a not small space.
"Although there is no obvious danger there, it always makes people feel very uncomfortable."
This was the reason why she stopped exploring last time.
Bernadette paused and said again: "In addition, on the walls below, there are some strange words that you can try to decipher."
Audis agreed: "Okay."
So Bernadette used her ability again, and the two people instantly appeared deep underground.
Using the dim light in the darkness, Audis saw wide halls and long corridors here. On one wall of the hall, familiar and unfamiliar letters were written.
Several of the letters were larger than the other letters. Audis was stunned at a glance, because it turned out to be the English word: dangerous.
Danger!
